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| Public Act 094-0136 |
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||
Sections 1A-25, 4-8, 5-7, and 6-35 as follows: | ||||
(10 ILCS 5/1A-25) | ||||
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | ||||
delayed effective date) | ||||
Sec. 1A-25. Centralized statewide voter registration list. | ||||
The centralized statewide voter registration list required by | ||||
Title III, Subtitle A, Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act | ||||
of 2002 shall be created and maintained by the State Board of | ||||
Elections as provided in this Section. | ||||
(1) The centralized statewide voter registration list | ||||
shall be compiled from the voter registration data bases of | ||||
each election authority in this State.
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(2) All new voter registration forms and applications | ||||
to register to vote shall be transmitted to the appropriate | ||||
election authority. The election authority shall process | ||||
and verify each voter registration form and electronically | ||||
enter verified registrations on an expedited basis onto the | ||||
statewide voter registration list. All original | ||||
registration cards shall remain permanently in the office | ||||
of the election authority as required by Sections 4-20, | ||||
5-28, and 6-65.
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(3) The centralized statewide voter registration list | ||||
shall:
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(i) Be designed to allow election authorities to | ||||
utilize the registration data on the statewide voter | ||||
registration list pertinent to voters registered in | ||||
their election jurisdiction on locally maintained | ||||
software programs that are unique to each | ||||
jurisdiction.
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(ii) Allow each election authority to perform | ||
essential election management functions, including but | ||
not limited to production of voter lists, processing of | ||
absentee voters, production of individual, pre-printed | ||
applications to vote, administration of election | ||
judges, and polling place administration, but shall | ||
not prevent any election authority from using | ||
information from that election authority's own | ||
systems.
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(4) The registration information maintained by each | ||
election authority shall at all times be synchronized with | ||
that authority's information on the statewide list on a | ||
constant, real-time basis.
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To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter | ||
registration information, the disclosure of any portion of the | ||
centralized statewide voter registration list to any person or | ||
entity other than to a State or local political committee and | ||
other than to a governmental entity for a governmental purpose | ||
is specifically prohibited except as follows: subject to | ||
security measures adopted by the State Board of Elections | ||
which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or | ||
database, available for public view, including the name, | ||
address, and telephone number of the person viewing the list as | ||
well as the time of that viewing, any person may view the list | ||
on a computer screen at the Springfield office of the State | ||
Board of Elections, during normal business hours other than | ||
during the 27 days before an election, but the person viewing | ||
the list under this exception may not print, duplicate, | ||
transmit, or alter the list.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1071, eff. 6-1-05.)
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(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
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Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient | ||
number of blank
forms for the registration of electors, which | ||
shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall | ||
consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to | ||
contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter | ||
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable | ||
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration | ||
record
cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration | ||
as hereinafter
provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
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The registration record card shall contain the following | ||
and such
other information as the county clerk may think it | ||
proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for | ||
registration:
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Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first | ||
or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | ||
for such
middle name, if any.
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Sex.
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Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | ||
other location of
the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | ||
or room number, if any, and in the
case of a mobile home the lot | ||
number, and such additional clear and definite
description as | ||
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
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dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be | ||
determined by
street and number, then the section, | ||
congressional township and range
number may be used, or such | ||
other description as may be necessary,
including post-office | ||
mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual,
the | ||
individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing | ||
address shall be
included on his or her registration record | ||
card.
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Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct. | ||
This
information shall be furnished by the applicant stating | ||
the place or
places where he resided and the dates during which | ||
he resided in such
place or places during the year next | ||
preceding the date of the next
ensuing election.
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Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was | ||
born.
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Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | ||
naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of | ||
naturalization.
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Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month | ||
and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
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Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
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Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | ||
of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
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The county and state in which the applicant was last | ||
registered.
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Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration | ||
and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | ||
registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | ||
to the affidavit on both the
original and duplicate | ||
registration record cards.
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Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
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In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | ||
his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered | ||
to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed | ||
description of the applicant in
the space provided on the back | ||
or at the bottom of the card or sheet;
and shall ask the | ||
following questions and record the answers thereto:
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Father's first name.
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Mother's first name.
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From what address did the applicant last register?
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Reason for inability to sign name.
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Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
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substantially the following form:
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AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
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COUNTY OF .......
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I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | ||
United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall | ||
have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election | ||
precinct in which I reside 30 days and
that I intend that this | ||
location shall be my residence; that
I am fully qualified to | ||
vote, and that the above statements are true.
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..............................
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(His or her signature or mark)
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Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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..................................
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Signature of registration officer.
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(To be signed in presence of registrant.)
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Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | ||
record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | ||
registered
thereon.
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Each registration record card shall be numbered according | ||
to
precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for | ||
identification in
such manner as the county clerk may | ||
determine.
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The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | ||
shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | ||
except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | ||
On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person | ||
intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | ||
extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | ||
records of the election authority during the period
beginning | ||
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
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28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | ||
hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures | ||
of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | ||
authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | ||
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | ||
records but the election authority is not required to extend | ||
its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | ||
business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | ||
extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | ||
such extended hours. Registration record
cards may also be | ||
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the
cards, | ||
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
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Registration
record cards shall also be open to inspection by | ||
certified judges and poll
watchers and challengers at the | ||
polling place on election day, but only to
the extent necessary | ||
to determine the question of the right of a person to
vote or | ||
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers | ||
or
challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration | ||
record cards.
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Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | ||
electronic data
processing information containing voter | ||
registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk | ||
within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and | ||
within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the | ||
State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For | ||
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed | ||
27
days before the date of any regular or special election. | ||
Registration
information shall include, but not be limited to, | ||
the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone | ||
number, if any,
age, party affiliation, if applicable, | ||
precinct, ward, township,
county, and representative, | ||
legislative and
congressional districts. In the event of | ||
noncompliance, the State
Board of Elections is directed to | ||
obtain compliance forthwith with this
nondiscretionary duty of | ||
the election authority by instituting legal
proceedings in the | ||
circuit court of the county in which the election
authority | ||
maintains the registration information. The costs of | ||
furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a | ||
rate of $.00034 per
name of registered voters in the election | ||
jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall | ||
be paid from appropriations made to the
State Board of | ||
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for
such | ||
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, | ||
discs, other
electronic data or compilations thereof to state | ||
political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois | ||
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act and | ||
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable | ||
cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter | ||
registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter | ||
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
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State or local political
committee and other than to a | ||
governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is specifically | ||
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures | ||
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, | ||
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available | ||
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone | ||
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of | ||
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide | ||
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield | ||
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business | ||
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the | ||
person viewing the list under this exception may not print, | ||
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of
the tapes, | ||
discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by the | ||
county
clerk to local political committees and governmental | ||
entities at their request and at a
reasonable cost.
Reasonable | ||
cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this purpose would be | ||
the cost of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The | ||
individual representing a political committee
requesting | ||
copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
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information shall be used only for bona fide political | ||
purposes,
including by or for candidates for office or | ||
incumbent office holders.
Such tapes, discs or other electronic | ||
data shall not be used under any
circumstances by any political | ||
committee or individuals for purposes of
commercial | ||
solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes
contain | ||
information on county residents related to the operations of
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county government in addition to registration information, | ||
that
information shall not be used under any circumstances for | ||
commercial
solicitation or other business purposes. The | ||
prohibition in this
Section against using the computer tapes or | ||
computer discs or other
electronic data processing information | ||
containing voter registration
information for purposes of | ||
commercial solicitation or other business
purposes shall be | ||
prospective only from the effective date of this
amended Act of | ||
1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be
guilty of | ||
a Class 4 felony.
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The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October | ||
1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure | ||
uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | ||
of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | ||
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | ||
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be | ||
employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | ||
electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | ||
Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | ||
of voter registration information shall comply
with such | ||
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
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If the applicant for registration was last registered in | ||
another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | ||
certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | ||
registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | ||
following form:
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To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
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To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
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This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | ||
(city) and
that my residence was ............................
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Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize | ||
you to
cancel said registration in your office.
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Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
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.................................
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(Signature of Voter)
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Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
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County, Illinois.
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The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | ||
by the
County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission | ||
as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly | ||
registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority | ||
for cancellation of any previous
registration.
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(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; | ||
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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(10 ILCS 5/5-7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
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Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient | ||
number of
blank forms for the registration of electors which | ||
shall be known as
registration record cards and which shall | ||
consist of loose leaf sheets
or cards, of suitable size to | ||
contain in plain writing and figures the
data hereinafter | ||
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of
suitable | ||
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
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record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration | ||
as
hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
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The registration record card shall contain the following | ||
and such
other information as the county clerk may think it | ||
proper to require for
the identification of the applicant for | ||
registration:
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Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first | ||
or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | ||
for such
middle name, if any.
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Sex.
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Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | ||
other
location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | ||
or room number,
if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot | ||
number, and such additional
clear and definite description as | ||
may be necessary to determine the exact
location of the | ||
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
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address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's | ||
voting
residence that is his or her mailing address shall be | ||
included on his or her
registration record card.
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Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the | ||
precinct. Which
questions may be answered by the applicant | ||
stating, in excess of 30 days
in the State and in excess of 30 | ||
days in the precinct.
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Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was | ||
born.
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Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | ||
naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place and date of | ||
naturalization.
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Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month | ||
and year
when applicant presented himself for registration.
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Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
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Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | ||
of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
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The county and state in which the applicant was last | ||
registered.
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Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration | ||
and in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | ||
registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | ||
to the affidavit on the original
and duplicate registration | ||
record card.
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Signature of Deputy Registrar.
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In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | ||
his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered | ||
to give the
registration oath shall write a detailed | ||
description of the applicant in
the space provided at the | ||
bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
following | ||
questions and record the answers thereto:
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Father's first name .......................
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Mother's first name .......................
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From what address did you last register?
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Reason for inability to sign name.
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Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
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substantially the following form:
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AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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State of Illinois)
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)ss
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County of )
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I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | ||
United States;
that on the date of the next election I shall | ||
have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election | ||
precinct in which I reside 30 days; that
I am fully qualified | ||
to vote. That I intend that this location shall be
my residence | ||
and that the above statements are true.
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..............................
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(His or her signature or mark)
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Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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.........................................
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Signature of Registration Officer.
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(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
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Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | ||
record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | ||
registered
thereon.
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Each registration record card shall be numbered according | ||
to towns
and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case | ||
may be, and may
be serially or otherwise marked for | ||
identification in such manner as the
county clerk may | ||
determine.
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The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | ||
shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | ||
except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | ||
On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person | ||
intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | ||
extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | ||
records of the election authority during the period
beginning | ||
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
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28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | ||
hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures | ||
of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | ||
authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | ||
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | ||
records but the election authority is not required to extend | ||
its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | ||
business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | ||
extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | ||
such extended hours. Registration record cards
may also be | ||
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
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during the 27 days immediately preceding any election. | ||
Registration
record
cards shall also be open to inspection by | ||
certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the | ||
polling place on election day, but only to the extent
necessary | ||
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or | ||
to
serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers | ||
or challengers be
allowed to physically handle the registration | ||
record cards.
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Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | ||
electronic data
processing information containing voter | ||
registration information shall
be furnished by the county clerk | ||
within 10 days after December 15 and
May
15 each year and | ||
within 10 days after each registration
period is closed to the | ||
State Board of Elections in a form
prescribed by the
Board. For | ||
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed | ||
27
days before the date of any regular or special election. | ||
Registration
information
shall include, but not be limited to, | ||
the
following information: name, sex, residence, telephone | ||
number, if any, age,
party affiliation, if applicable, | ||
precinct, ward, township, county, and
representative, | ||
legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
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noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to | ||
obtain compliance
forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of | ||
the election authority by
instituting legal proceedings in the | ||
circuit court of the county in which the
election authority | ||
maintains the registration information. The costs of
| ||
furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a | ||
rate of $.00034
per name of registered voters in the election | ||
jurisdiction, but not less than
$50 per tape or disc and shall | ||
be paid from appropriations made to the State
Board of | ||
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
| ||
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes, | ||
discs, other electronic
data or compilations thereof to state | ||
political committees registered pursuant
to the Illinois | ||
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and | ||
to governmental entities, at
their request and at a reasonable | ||
cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter | ||
registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter | ||
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
| ||
State or local political
committee and other than to a | ||
governmental entity for a governmental
purpose
is specifically | ||
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures | ||
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, | ||
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available | ||
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone | ||
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of | ||
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide | ||
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield | ||
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business | ||
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the | ||
person viewing the list under this exception may not print, | ||
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list.
Copies of the tapes, | ||
discs or other
electronic data shall be furnished by the county | ||
clerk to local political
committees and governmental entities | ||
at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of | ||
the
tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost | ||
of duplication plus
15% for administration. The individual | ||
representing a political committee
requesting copies of such | ||
tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall | ||
be used only for bona fide political purposes,
including by or | ||
for candidates for office or incumbent office holders.
Such | ||
tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under | ||
any
circumstances by any political committee or individuals for | ||
purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business | ||
purposes. If such tapes
contain information on county residents | ||
related to the operations of
county government in addition to | ||
registration information, that
information shall not be used | ||
under any circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other | ||
business purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against | ||
using the computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic | ||
data processing information containing voter registration
| ||
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other | ||
business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective | ||
date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this | ||
provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
| ||
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October | ||
1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure | ||
uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | ||
of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | ||
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | ||
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be | ||
employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | ||
electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | ||
Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | ||
of voter registration information shall comply
with such | ||
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
| ||
If the applicant for registration was last registered in | ||
another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | ||
certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | ||
registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | ||
following form:
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To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
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Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
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This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | ||
(city) and
that my residence was .....
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Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby | ||
authorize you to
cancel said registration in your office.
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Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
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....................
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(Signature of Voter)
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Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
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The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | ||
by the
county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission | ||
as the case may
be) where the applicant was formerly | ||
registered. Receipt of such
certificate shall be full authority | ||
for cancellation of any previous
registration.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; | ||
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
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Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall | ||
provide a
sufficient number of blank forms for the registration | ||
of electors which
shall be known as registration record cards | ||
and which shall consist of
loose leaf sheets or cards, of | ||
suitable size to contain in plain writing
and figures the data | ||
hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer
cards | ||
of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The | ||
registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of | ||
registration as
hereinafter provided, shall be executed in | ||
duplicate. The duplicate of
which may be a carbon copy of the | ||
original or a copy of the original
made by the use of other | ||
method or material used for making simultaneous
true copies or | ||
duplications.
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The registration record card shall contain the following | ||
and such
other information as the Board of Election | ||
Commissioners may think it
proper to require for the | ||
identification of the applicant for
registration:
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Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first | ||
or
Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial | ||
for such
middle name, if any.
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Sex.
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Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or | ||
other
location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit | ||
or room number,
if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot | ||
number, and such additional
clear and definite description as | ||
may be necessary to determine the exact
location of the | ||
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
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address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's | ||
voting
residence that is his or her mailing address shall be | ||
included on his or her
registration record card.
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Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the | ||
precinct.
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Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was | ||
born.
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Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or | ||
naturalized. If
naturalized, the court, place, and date of | ||
naturalization.
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Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month | ||
and year
when the applicant presented himself for registration.
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Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
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Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time | ||
of
registration, which would require assistance in voting.
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The county and state in which the applicant was last | ||
registered.
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Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and | ||
in the
presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of | ||
registration shall be
required to sign his or her name in ink | ||
to the affidavit on both the
original and the duplicate | ||
registration record card.
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Signature of deputy registrar.
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In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix | ||
his mark
to the affidavit. In such case the registration | ||
officer shall write a
detailed description of the applicant in | ||
the space provided at the
bottom of the card or sheet; and | ||
shall ask the following questions and
record the answers | ||
thereto:
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Father's first name .........................
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Mother's first name .........................
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From what address did you last register? ....
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Reason for inability to sign name ...........
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Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
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substantially the following form:
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AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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State of Illinois )
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)ss
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County of ....... )
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I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the | ||
United States,
that on the day of the next election I shall | ||
have resided in the State
of Illinois and in the election | ||
precinct 30 days and that I intend that
this location is my | ||
residence; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the | ||
above statements are true.
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..............................
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(His or her signature or mark)
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Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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......................................
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Signature of registration officer
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(to be signed in presence of registrant).
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Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration | ||
record
card for the notation of the voting record of the person | ||
registered
thereon.
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Each registration record card shall be numbered according | ||
to wards or
precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially | ||
or otherwise marked
for identification in such manner as the | ||
Board of Election Commissioners
may determine.
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The registration cards shall be deemed public records and | ||
shall be
open to inspection during regular business hours, | ||
except during the 27
days immediately preceding any election. | ||
On written request of any
candidate or objector or any person | ||
intending to object to a petition, the
election authority shall | ||
extend its hours for inspection of registration
cards and other | ||
records of the election authority during the period
beginning | ||
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
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28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board | ||
hearings on
any objections to petitions containing signatures | ||
of registered voters in
the jurisdiction of the election | ||
authority. The extension shall be for a
period of hours | ||
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of
the | ||
records but the election authority is not required to extend | ||
its hours
beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for | ||
business and ending
at midnight. If the business hours are so | ||
extended, the election authority
shall post a public notice of | ||
such extended hours. Registration record cards
may also be | ||
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
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during the 27 days immediately preceding any election. | ||
Registration
record
cards shall also be open to inspection by | ||
certified judges and poll watchers
and challengers at the | ||
polling place on election day, but only to the extent
necessary | ||
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or | ||
to
serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers | ||
or challengers be
allowed to physically handle the registration | ||
record cards.
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Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other | ||
electronic data
processing information containing voter | ||
registration information shall
be furnished by the Board of | ||
Election Commissioners within 10 days after
December 15 and May | ||
15 each year and within 10
days after each registration period | ||
is closed to the State Board
of Elections in a
form prescribed | ||
by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
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registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any | ||
regular
or special
election. Registration information shall
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include, but not be limited to, the following information: | ||
name, sex,
residence, telephone number, if any, age, party | ||
affiliation, if
applicable, precinct, ward, township, county, | ||
and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. | ||
In the event of noncompliance,
the State Board of Elections is | ||
directed to obtain compliance forthwith
with this | ||
nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
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legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which | ||
the election
authority maintains the registration information. | ||
The costs of furnishing
updated copies of tapes or discs shall | ||
be paid at a rate of $.00034
per name of registered voters in | ||
the election jurisdiction, but not less
than $50 per tape or | ||
disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the
State | ||
Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority | ||
for
such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such | ||
tapes, discs,
other electronic data or compilations thereof to | ||
state political committees
registered pursuant to the Illinois | ||
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal
Election Campaign Act and | ||
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable | ||
cost.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter | ||
registration information,
the disclosure
of electronic voter | ||
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
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State or local political
committee and other than to a | ||
governmental entity for a governmental
purpose is specifically | ||
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures | ||
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum, | ||
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available | ||
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone | ||
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of | ||
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide | ||
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield | ||
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business | ||
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the | ||
person viewing the list under this exception may not print, | ||
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list.
Copies of the
tapes, | ||
discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the Board | ||
of
Election Commissioners to local political committees and | ||
governmental entities at their request and at a
reasonable | ||
cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for
this | ||
purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
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administration. The individual representing a political | ||
committee
requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn | ||
affidavit that the
information shall be used only for bona fide | ||
political purposes,
including by or for candidates for office | ||
or incumbent office holders.
Such tapes, discs or other | ||
electronic data shall not be used under any
circumstances by | ||
any political committee or individuals for purposes of
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commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such | ||
tapes
contain information on county residents related to the | ||
operations of
county government in addition to registration | ||
information, that
information shall not be used under any | ||
circumstances for commercial
solicitation or other business | ||
purposes. The prohibition in this
Section against using the | ||
computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data | ||
processing information containing voter registration
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information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other | ||
business
purposes shall be prospective only from the effective | ||
date of this
amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this | ||
provision shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October | ||
1, 1987, such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure | ||
uniformity throughout the State
in electronic data processing | ||
of voter registration information. The
regulations shall | ||
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for
uniform | ||
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be | ||
employed
by the election authorities of this State in the | ||
electronic data processing
of voter registration information. | ||
Each election authority utilizing
electronic data processing | ||
of voter registration information shall comply
with such | ||
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
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If the applicant for registration was last registered in | ||
another
county within this State, he shall also sign a | ||
certificate authorizing
cancellation of the former | ||
registration. The certificate shall be in
substantially the | ||
following form:
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To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
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To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
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This is to certify that I am registered in your (county) | ||
(city) and
that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your | ||
(county), (city), I
hereby authorize you to cancel that | ||
registration in your office.
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Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
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....................
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(Signature of Voter)
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Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
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Illinois.
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The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately | ||
by the clerk
of the Election Commission to the county clerk, | ||
(or Election Commission
as the case may be) where the applicant | ||
was formerly registered. Receipt
of such certificate shall be | ||
full authority for cancellation of any
previous registration.
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(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; | ||
93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||
changes in a
statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||
that is not yet or no longer in
effect (for example, a Section | ||
represented by multiple versions), the use of
that text does | ||
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
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made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||
Public Act.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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